Federal Register #2026-21804

Department of Education establishes consolidated NCEE Evaluation Studies system of records

The U.S. Department of Education establishes a consolidated system of records for education research and evaluation studies. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Education, through the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE). - Notice purpose: Establishes the NCEE Evaluation Studies system of records, identified as 18-14-49, for records used in existing and future NCEE studies of education policies, programs, and practices. - Records covered: Depending on the study, records may include education, employment, demographic, survey, and administrative information about study participants and other individuals. - Consolidated systems: The notice incorporates records from the DC Choice Program Evaluation; Evaluation of Teacher Residency Programs; National Longitudinal Transitions Study 2012; Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites Initiative–2012; Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound; National Evaluation of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy and Comprehensive Literacy State Development Programs; Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training; and Impact Evaluation of Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading in Early Elementary School. - Procurement status: This is a Privacy Act and records-management notice, not a request to procure products or services. No OEMs, vendors, products, quantities, or contract requirements are identified.

Description

The U.S. Department of Education publishes a notice establishing the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) Evaluation Studies system of records (18-14-49). The system covers records from specified education evaluation studies and future NCEE studies, and supports research, evaluation, and data analytic projects commissioned by NCEE. The notice also rescinds eight existing system-of-records notices whose records are now covered by the new system. Comments are due November 25, 2026; the system applies upon publication on October 26, 2026, while its routine uses take effect November 25, 2026, unless changed following public comment.

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